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Causation Relative risk Type I Error Ethics RCTS Lead-time bias makes it appear that people who get an early diagnosis from a screening test, live longer than Lead time aren't screened This type of bias occurs when we select participants on a common effect that will likely produce an association Selection bias 3. Resfarchers test the effectiveness of exercise versus diet in a weight-loss study, the concluded that there was between the two, but the truth is, there is a difference. What is this an example of Type 1 error Coffee drinking appears to cause pancreatic cancer, but when we factor in smoking, we see the association is Smoking is a relat 5. A suitable measure of association in a cohort study is 6. It is easier to prove association in epidemiology than it is to prove 7. Statistical odds is the ratio of two are considered the "gold standard" 9. If we compare two treatments and conclude they are when they are not different, we 10. Scientists test a new vaccine that cures Disease X under lab conditions. However, the people most affected by the disease live in remote villages and do not have access to the vaccine has high efficacy but low

Answer 1

1. Lead Time bias

2. selection bias

3. type II error

4. confounding factor

5. relative risk

6. causation

7. true

8. randomised control trials(RCTs)

9. Type I error

10. coverage